Counsel from Hinshaw & Culbertson filed an appeal in Virginia district court earlier this month on behalf of pop singer Ariana Grande’s company GrandeAri, challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s refusal to register “One Love Manchester” as a trademark for a 2017 benefit concert. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source…

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fangda Partners have taken the top three spots in the latest Asia (excluding Japan) mergers and acquisitions legal adviser league table rankings published by the London Stock Exchange Group. The three firms are advising on the highest collective value of Asia deals…

A federal judge sided with Travelers Indemnity Co. in a dispute over repairs to the historic Pittsfield Building in downtown Chicago, finding that the plaintiffs’ reliance on an unverified verbal estimate to recover $1.14 million invalidated their coverage and required them to pay back $300,000 to the insurer. Acknowledging “it…

Panelists Al Root and Jack Otter discuss how Tesla shareholders voted to reinstate a nearly $50 billion pay package on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ Tesla shareholders are set to appear in a Delaware court on Monday to call for the judge to reject the “outlandish” request for $7 billion in attorneys’ fees…

After some production delays, a heavy-hitter roster of law firms, including Sullivan & Cromwell, Latham & Watkins, Ropes & Gray, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, finally pushed the long-anticipated Paramount merger through. Under the structure of the deal, Skydance Media acquired National Amusements, the controlling shareholder…

Pierson Ferdinand, the law firm that spun off of FisherBroyles earlier this year, has stepped into London with continued lateral hiring from its legacy firm as well as other firms with an established presence in the U.K. market. At the time of its London office launch in July, Pierson Ferdinand has recruited…